(This great prayer occurs in ninth chapter offourth Dasakam(Slokas 6-17) of the Maha Bhagawatha
Purana. Dhruva was the son of king Uthanapathaout of
his wife Sunithi. He had a half brother whose mother
was Suruchi who was the favourite of his father. One
day when the young child Dhruva who was only five
years old saw his brother was sitting on the lap of his father , he also wanted
to sit there. But his step mother Suruchi told him
that the luck was not fated for him and asked him to do penance. The young child
took it seriously and when he was walking to the forest, sage Narada met him
and taught him the manthras to do penance. After a
great penance Lord Vishnu appeared before him,. This prayer is what he chanted
at that time. Lord Vishnu blessed him with a long life and at the end to become
the pole star.

has given a very learned interpretation of this great work .Apart
from consulting it, I also have consulted the translation of Bhagwathadone by Sri.C.L.Goswami and published byGita press, Gorakhpur. What I have presented
is the simple meaning of the great text as I understood it. )

1.Yontha pravisya mama vacham imam prasuptham ,

SAjeevathyakhilaShakthi dharaswadhamna,

Anyamschahasthacharanasrvanathwagadheen,

Pranannamobhagawathepurushayathubhyam,

I salute the glorious God who is the Purusha,

Who has entered within me and made me speak,

While I was not in a position to speak all along,

And by entering with in me awakened,

My hands, feet , ears, sense of touch and so on.

2.Yekasthvameva Bhagwannidhamathmashakthya,

Mayakhyayorugunayamahaddhyasesham ,

Srushtanuvisayapurushasdadguneshu,

Nanevadharushuvibhavasuvadvibhasi.

Though you are the one who by use of the power of the soul.,

Through Maya expressed through the three gunas,

Have evolved the great principle of cosmic intelligence,

Thus creatingand entering in to the diverse forms,

You appear as many , like the fire appearing,

Diverse when it burns in different pieces of wood.

3.Thwad dathayavayunayedhamachasta viswam,

Supthaprabuddhaivanadhabhavadprapanna,

Thasyapavargyasaranamthavapadamoolam

Vismaryathe krutha vidha kadamaarthabandho.

Due to the power of visionthat was given by you,

Lord Brahma saw the universe as the one who woke up from
sleep,

Oh friend of those
who are suffering , how can one forget ,

Your feet which is the resort of even the most liberated
souls.

4.Noonam vimushtamathya sthava maayayathey,

Ye thwambhavapyavimokshanamanyahetho,

Archanthikalpakatharumkunapopabhogyam,

Icchanthiyathsprasajamnisayaiapinrunaam.

Now there are some people who worship you,

Whosemind is completelycovered by illusion,

And instead of wishing for deliverance from birth and death,

They worship you , who is likea wish giving tree,

For other purposes like the material pleasures,

Which can be even received in the dark hell.

5.Taa nivruthisthanuabhrathaamthavapadapathma,

DhyanadbhavaJnanakathasravanenavaasyaath,

Sa brahmaniswamahiminyapinadhaamaabhooth,

Kim thvanthakaasuilulithathpathathammvimanath.

The bliss that the beings get through meditation of your
lotus feet,

And thatgot by
listening to the wise stories about you , by the devotees,